Italy, Kingdom. Distintivi E Medaglie Della R.s.i. (R.s.i. Badges And Medals - 1943/45) Hold A watered silk ribbon

A watered silk ribbon

Accompanying the belt is a buckle constructed of magnetic metal

wearing the Order of the Rising Sun 4th Class Officer's badge on his left breast

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey Rod of Asclepius

Attributed to Maria Gil Balenchana

Italy, Kingdom. Distintivi E Medaglie Della R.s.i. (R.s.i. Badges And Medals - 1943/45) Hold A watered silk ribbon(RSI = Repubblica Sociale Italiana = Italian Socialist Republic). Softcover, the front cover with photographs, the back cover with a colopurized line graphic, entitled "Distintivi e Medaglie della R. S. I. (R. S. I. Badges and Medals 1943 45)", by Fausto Sparacino, published in 1988 by the Italian Military Publishing House (Editrice Militare Italiana) of Ivo Fossati in Milan, as part of the "Militaria" Series ("Serie "Militaria"), copyrighted in 1988